![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Blind Willie Johnson-Mother's Children Have A Hard Time - Blind Willie Johnson
Recorded on December 3, 1927 in Dallas, Texas. The title of this tune was a garbled translation of someone trying to decipher Johnson's singing, the title should have been "Motherless Children Have A Hard Time." Indeed, it is reputed that Johnson was blinded as a child by his stepmother in a fit of anger after she was discovered in bed with another man by Johnson's father, who then beat her.
Keywords: Music; Acoustic; Blues; Gospel; Acoustic Country Blues; Christian; 78rpm
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| A.A. Gray & Seven Foot Dilly-Streak Of Lean, Streak Of Fat - A. A. Gray & Seven Foot Dilly
Recorded on March 20, 1930 in Atlanta. A. A. gray plays the fiddle and John Dilleshaw (more popularly known as Seven Foot Dilly) plays guitar. It is my understanding that "streak of lean, streak of fat" is a reference to a southern side dish called "salt pork," a variation of what used to be known as "bacon." Dilly was much recorded during the twenties, both with Gray, and with his own stringband: Seven Foot Dilly and His Dill Pickles.
Keywords: Music; Acoustic; Country; Instrumental; Old-Time Appalachian; Fiddle Tune; 78rpm
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